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Still, the sniper spree, even if it has not created a new surge of gun-control legislation, may have temporarily slowed some of the gains that the gun lobby was making in Congress. House Republican leaders quietly delayed a vote on the N.R.A.'s top priority--legislation that would forbid local governments to sue gunmakers. But with well more than half the House signed on as co-sponsors, the bill is likely to return...
...federal charges were filed under the Hobbs Act, a 1946 corruption law which forbids the use of extortion (that $10 million ransom note found after the Ashland, Virginia shooting) and the interruption of interstate commerce. Not exactly sexy stuff, but designed to ensure relatively speedy justice to alleged criminals who have the poor sense to commit their crimes without regard to state lines - and provides the death penalty for those found guilty. As a juvenile, the 17-year-old Malvo is eligible for execution only if he's found guilty in Virginia and Alabama; Maryland and federal statutes forbid...
...hasn't this been tried in vain for centuries? My conclusion: ban all these religions, cults and man-made concepts of how to worship God. Bar the different religious leaders from spreading their views as the only absolute. Mankind can always use religion as a casus belli. Forbid religions, and there will be far fewer fights. JORMA KAJASTE Espoo, Finland...
Most mothers warn their children not to run with scissors, but how many have had the foresight to forbid running with felt tips? From recent evidence, not the mother of Terrell Owens, star receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. After scoring a touchdown during last week's Monday-night game against Seattle, Owens pulled a Sharpie pen out of his sock, signed the ball and handed it to his financial adviser, who was sitting in the first row. Some, including NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, found the stunt showy, but Owens was not fined for flagrant memorabilia creation. Instead...
...parents to preach abstinence and children to pay their local winos to buy them bottles of booze at the liquor store—is completely backwards. Parents are conditioned to fear alcohol among their children, and children are conditioned to rebel by drinking behind closed doors because our laws forbid them from doing otherwise...